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Issue: Vol. 54 No. 2: 21 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-15
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2024.54.2.1
Page range: 36-41
Abstract views: 170
PDF downloaded: 5

Redescription of Heteropsilopus stragulus (Becker, 1922) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a new synonym from India

Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053
Australian Museum, Sydney NSW 2010 Australia
Heteropsilopus synonym re-description type designation

Abstract

Heteropsilopus stragulus (Becker, 1922) is re-described based on fresh specimens. Heteropsilopus vanus (Parent, 1941) is newly established as the junior synonym of this species.

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